Awards and honours

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Grammy Award (US)

• Period 1 Oct. 1999 - 30 Sep. 2000
  • "Best Pop Instrumental Album":
    Symphony No. 1 – Joe Jackson

Grammy nominations:

• Period 1 Oct. 1987 - 30 Sep. 1988
  • nominated for "Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television":
    Tucker–The Man And His Dream – Joe Jackson

• Period 1 Oct. 1982 - 30 Sep. 1983
  • nominated for "Best Pop Instrumental Performance":
    Breakdown – Joe Jackson

• Period 1 Oct. 1981 - 30 Sep. 1982
  • nominated for "Record of the Year":
    Steppin' Out – David Kershenbaum and Joe Jackson, producers

  • nominated for "Best Pop Performance, Male":
    Joe Jackson – Steppin' Out

• Period 1 Oct. 1978 - 30 Sep. 1979
  • nominated for "Best Rock Vocal Performance":
    Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him?

  Grammy Awards (The Recording Academy)

Edison Award (Netherlands)

The Edison is the oldest music award in the Netherlands. Since 1960 these awards are presented in the pop, classical and jazz genres for albums of exceptional quality.

An Edison Award went to Joe Jackson
in 1983 for "Night And Day" (in the "Singer/Songwriter" category)
in 1980 for "I'm The Man" (in the "Pop" category)

Edison Awards
Wikipedia entry

B.Z.-Kulturpreis (Germany)

In January 2016, Joe was among seven recipients of this award, presented by the Berlin newspaper B.Z. The award honours "outstanding persons who have contributed through their work to Berlin's cultural and artistic diversity."

Wikipedia entry on the B.Z.-Kulturpreis (in German)

Boisdale Music Award (UK)

On 10 October 2019, Joe received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the hands of Jools Holland at the 4th annual Boisdale Music Awards in London.

Photo of Joe with award
Boisdale Music Awards show

Billboard (US)

Top New Male Album Artist of 1979

Published in Billboard, 22 Dec. 1979

Premio Litterario internazionale citta di Cattolica (Italy)
(Pegasus Literary Awards)

Gravità Zero, the Italian translation of Joe Jackson's book A Cure for Gravity, won an award for Best Music Book of 2019.

These awards, a.k.a. the 'Oscars of Italian Literature', are annually presented in the city of Cattolica, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. 'A Cure for Gravity' was originally published in 1999, but the Italian translation didn't get published until May 2019.

Home Page - Premio Litterario internazionale citta di Cattolica

Gleason Music Book Awards finalist (US)

• For the 11th annual Gleason Music Book Awards 2000, books published between 2 May 1999 and 1 May 2000 were considered. Twelve books were selected as finalists, among them:
  
  A Cure for Gravity – Joe Jackson – Public Affairs
  
  Gleason Music Book Awards

Honorary degrees

• In 1994 (?) the Royal Academy of Music in London made Joe Jackson a Fellow of the Academy. Joe in an interview about his reaction: "I was shocked. I wrote back: Why?"


• In June 2004 Joe Jackson received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Portsmouth.

Portsmouth Guildhall Wall of Fame (UK)

7 March 2018: "Portsmouth Guildhall is delighted to announce that another of the city's most succvessful musicians, Joe Jackson, was today inducted to their Wall of Fame in recognition of his contributions to the music industry."

The Portsmouth Music Experience at the Guildhall

Swadlincote Heritage Trails (UK)

When Joe was born, his family lived in Swadlincote (Derbyshire) and he spent the first year of his life there before the family moved to Portsmouth.
The Swadlincote Heritage Trails feature Joe Jackson twice:
In the Town Centre Trail 'S18' is where his grandma lived in Vicarage Road.
In Trail No. 2 (Swadlincote Villages) 'N5' is where he lived with his family in Coronation Street.

Official page on the trails

Asteroid

The asteroid (305661) Joejackson was named in 2016 to honour the musician Joe Jackson.

Info page in the JPL Small-Body Database
German Wikipedia entry

Other awards

In February 2005 Joe Jackson was given the title Smokers' Rights Champion of the Year by FOREST at their Annual Awards ceremony, held at London's Groucho Club, "for his commitment to the cause, including numerous television and radio appearances voicing his opposition to a ban on smoking in public places".

FOREST press release